PERU 8 ESCUDOS 1717 ~ NGC 50 ~ FINEST KNOWN POP 1
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PERU 8 ESCUDOS DOUBLOON COB 1717 L-M NGC AU 50 POP 1 FINEST KNOWN! PHILIP V Lima mint, KM38.2, Onza-257. Obviously a Very Rare Piece – Only 1 PCGS has ever graded and there are two others graded by NGC, but those are Lower Grades, so this piece is the POP TOP from both co's and Only 3 Known total between both companies! Only two years after the sinking of the famed "1715 Fleet" sinking this piece was most probably from the 1733 Fleet Wreck. This is a VERY Rare variety as well, specifically notice that there "extra dots" around the lions and the castles and extra dots around all the elements on the obverse (except the horizontal lines). Also, notice the "STAR" above the CROSS! The color of the Cob is a beautiful butterscotch with a "Relic Toning" contrasting the gold ~ delivery the antiquity appearance (from it's 300 year old history). With ONLY 3 ever graded by both grading co's and being a FINEST KNOWN by both it's safe to say this is "THE COB" destined for the World Finest Collection!
THE SHIPWRECK OF 1719 OFF THE "ISLE OF WIGHT" VESSLE VOC MERCHANTMAN LOOSDRECHT WAS A VERY VERY SMALL DISCOVERY OF LIMA ONZAS DATING 1715-1717 (AND A COUPLE OTHERS). THIS CARGO TRANSPORT SHIP SUNK OFF THE COAST OF ENGLAND (LITERALLY IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL) AND WAS BUILT IN 1714 IN AMERSTERDAM BY THE VERENIGDE. THE CREW OF 212 WAS LOST, AS WELL AS HER BOOTY OF PERUVIAN GOLD COINS. THIS PIECE STILL CONTAINS SOME SEDIMENT AND ENCRUSTATIONS WITHIN ITS DEVICES, CLEARLY SEEN UPON INSPECTION, HENCE THE PROVINCE OF THE 1719 SHIPWRECK!
THE FAMED PIRATE "BLACK BEARD" WAS REALLY NEARING HIS PEAK IN THIS YEAR (1716) AT THE TIME THIS GOLD DOUBLOON WAS HAND STRUCK! BLACKBEARD MAINLAND (AS WITH MOST PIRATES) WAS NASSAU (ISLAND OF PROVIDENCE). WHEN HE RAIDED AND TOOK OVER THE CONCORD (THAT HE RENAMED "QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE) AND LATER RAN IT AGROUND, INTENTIONALLY. HE DID THIS TO ABANDON OVER HALF HIS CREW (TOTAL CREW WAS ABOUT 300-400) AS TO NOT HAVE TO DIVIDE UP HIS TREASURE INTO TOO MANY SHARES. THIS WAS IN 1718 AND ABOUT 6 MONTHS LATER HE DIED, OF COURSE WAS BEHEADED BY ROBERT MAYNARD (ROYAL CAPTAIN) IN NOV. 22ND 1718 OFF THE COAST OF SO. CAROLINA.
ALSO, THE PRIVATEER / TURNED PIRATE "HENRY JENNINGS" AND HIS CREW OF 300 SAILED OVER FROM JAMICA (Palmer de Ayes) TO THE SHORES OF FLORIDA WHERE 350,000 SILVER COBS WERE LIGHTLY GUARDED (60 GUARDS) IN A SMALL MAKESHIFT HUT BY THE SPANISH (WHO SALVAGED FROM THE 1715 PLATE FLEET SHIPS) AND CHASED THEM INTO THE JUNGLE AND PILLAGED ALL THE PIECES OF SILVER, WHICH EQUATED TO OVER 10 YEARS SALARY FOR EACH PIRATE).
THE SHIPWRECK OF 1719 OFF THE "ISLE OF WIGHT" VESSLE VOC MERCHANTMAN LOOSDRECHT WAS A VERY VERY SMALL DISCOVERY OF LIMA ONZAS DATING 1715-1717 (AND A COUPLE OTHERS). THIS CARGO TRANSPORT SHIP SUNK OFF THE COAST OF ENGLAND (LITERALLY IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL) AND WAS BUILT IN 1714 IN AMERSTERDAM BY THE VERENIGDE. THE CREW OF 212 WAS LOST, AS WELL AS HER BOOTY OF PERUVIAN GOLD COINS. THIS PIECE STILL CONTAINS SOME SEDIMENT AND ENCRUSTATIONS WITHIN ITS DEVICES, CLEARLY SEEN UPON INSPECTION, HENCE THE PROVINCE OF THE 1719 SHIPWRECK!
THE FAMED PIRATE "BLACK BEARD" WAS REALLY NEARING HIS PEAK IN THIS YEAR (1716) AT THE TIME THIS GOLD DOUBLOON WAS HAND STRUCK! BLACKBEARD MAINLAND (AS WITH MOST PIRATES) WAS NASSAU (ISLAND OF PROVIDENCE). WHEN HE RAIDED AND TOOK OVER THE CONCORD (THAT HE RENAMED "QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE) AND LATER RAN IT AGROUND, INTENTIONALLY. HE DID THIS TO ABANDON OVER HALF HIS CREW (TOTAL CREW WAS ABOUT 300-400) AS TO NOT HAVE TO DIVIDE UP HIS TREASURE INTO TOO MANY SHARES. THIS WAS IN 1718 AND ABOUT 6 MONTHS LATER HE DIED, OF COURSE WAS BEHEADED BY ROBERT MAYNARD (ROYAL CAPTAIN) IN NOV. 22ND 1718 OFF THE COAST OF SO. CAROLINA.
ALSO, THE PRIVATEER / TURNED PIRATE "HENRY JENNINGS" AND HIS CREW OF 300 SAILED OVER FROM JAMICA (Palmer de Ayes) TO THE SHORES OF FLORIDA WHERE 350,000 SILVER COBS WERE LIGHTLY GUARDED (60 GUARDS) IN A SMALL MAKESHIFT HUT BY THE SPANISH (WHO SALVAGED FROM THE 1715 PLATE FLEET SHIPS) AND CHASED THEM INTO THE JUNGLE AND PILLAGED ALL THE PIECES OF SILVER, WHICH EQUATED TO OVER 10 YEARS SALARY FOR EACH PIRATE).
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